Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental problem,” NASA says

Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by rbanffy on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:36AM (#22297949)

Kind of yes, but this is a different part of Boeing. If I were one of the astronauts who'll fly Starliner, eventually, I'd not be nearly as polite as the formal communications suggest. I'd probably be reading code, sitting next to an engineer, and asking them to explain to me what the code does.

The thruster map error should have been detected in simulation. If it wasn't, the simulator is also faulty.

I'll assume the thruster map was only slightly wrong and that whatever simulator runs they did with it were very subtly off.

Still... What a mess...

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Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by robkop on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:05AM (#22298536)

If you listen to the NASA update [1] you'll hear the audit team state that if Boeing was following the procedures that they stated they were doing they would have found the flaw at 4 separate places. Let's just say the auditors tone of voice says it all.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxQ_ZV26E04

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Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by DennisP on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:05PM (#22301501)

That's an hour-long video, could you tell us where the auditors said that?

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Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by homonculus1 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:53PM (#22302721)

It starts right at the 47 minute mark, and the whole segment starts at 44:45

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Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by bumby on Friday February 21, 2020 @09:09AM (#22383161)

There are specific requirements to assure the fidelity of simulators so this still should have been caught if the design process was robust enough I think

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